On the same weekend, Corbyn and other senior Labour figures met
up to discuss possible reforms of the National Executive
Committee (NEC) — the party's chief administrative body.

One of the proposals being considered is allowing the Scottish
and Welsh Labour leaders to appoint members to the NEC. Both
Dugdale and Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones are Labour
centrists, meaning, in theory, they would more than likely
appoint moderates rather than supporters of Corbyn.

Corbyn spoke out against the proposal during the meeting,
according to the Times, and attempted to
delay the decision on whether it would be implemented. This
allegedly pushed Dugdale to say: "How dare you preach unity and
then try to undermine me as Scottish leader."

Now, the cross-border relationship between Corbyn and Dugdale
looks to be more strained than ever, despite "unity" and "coming
together" being the words on everybody's lips at the conference
which Business Insider attended.

A Labour MP told Business Insider that the decision had been
"kicked into the long grass" and would not be revisited
until November 22. Corbyn has vowed to unify and the party and
offer an olive branch to MPs who wanted to see him replaced. The
same MP told us that the "the olive branch has been burnt."